The Irish standard., 1887-02-12
VIOTORIA'S BASE INGRATITUDE.

Her Life Has Been Treated.
On the 14th nit. the London Evening
News published a paragraph saying
there never had been any proper recog-
milton of the services OF John Molony,
who saved the Queens life in 1882 when
she was riding in a pony carriage in
Kensington Gardens. To-Day Molony,
who is now 10 years old, publishes a
statement i'll which he gives the facts
for the first time about how he saved
the Queens life and how he was re-.
warded for it. The Queen, who was
then known as Princess Alexandra,
would. 10 doubt, have been killed by
The running away Of her pony and the
upsetting OF her carriage had it not
been for Molony, who happened to be
passing at the time Of the accident.
He was subsequently asked tx, come to
Kensington Palace, where, after having
been refreshed with a glass OF wine and
three biscuits. he was presented with a
gold guinea, rendered with the grateful
thanks of the Duchess OF Kent, the
Queens mother. His name and regi-
lnert were taken, with the remark that
something more would be done for him.
He waited three weeks without hearing
from the duchess. and then wrote her a
letter, to which she replied, saying that
his address haG been lost, but that a
gift had been sent to him by General
Harris. 1t turned out to be a sse5 note
1881 which was handed tc him with the
command that he should not again
write 10 the Duchess OF Kent. Molony
then went abroad, with his regiment
and came home in lS4l. He then for
the first time learned that the Princess
Alexandra. whose life he hal saved
nearly twenty years before, had become
the Queen of England. He finally had
to leave the army because Of old age,
and being very poor, he addressed him
self to General Sir Henry lzonsonby,
the Queens private secretary. After
many days his identity was established,
and since October, 1854, when the first
payment was made to him, he has
received from the Queen the splendid
sum of e9 TO-, OF about $47, the last pay
ment beng in the shape Of a postal
note for 10 shillings received through
Sir Henry Ponsonby in December last.
The suggestion is pertinentl, made that
1t would he graceful act on the part Of
the Queen if she would, in this, her
Jubilee year, make some more generous
provision for poor old Molony.
The monks of the Abbey Of Notre
Dame of Lerins have undertaken the
laborious task Of bringing together in
neyolume the translation of the Mag
nifcat' inso $50 languages, printed in
| their proper types. Each translation
will be surrounded by border printed
in different colors, and drawn by the
best artists for this work. The preface.
each page of which will be illustrated,
will have splendid frontispiece in
colors and gold. representing the vista
ton Of the Blessed Virgin to st. Eliza
beth, and brief eulogium Of the
Magnificent written in six languages
Latin, French, Italian. Spanish, Eng
lish and German. The work will be
presented to His Holiness on his Jubi-
lee. A copy of this work, elegantly
bound, will be sent to every subscriber
of 100 francs, or $40, addressed to the
Rev. Father Abbott of Lerins, near
Cannes, -Alpes Maritimes, France. :
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